Children use the fast-mapping process to ________.

A. quickly acquire adultlike schemas for novel word meanings
B. quickly determine alternate spellings of words that they already know
C. connect a new word to its underlying concept after only a brief encounter with the word
D. rapidly identify exceptions to rules they have already internalized


Answer: C

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